Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only ...

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only discovered its existence in the 1980s.

Axial Seamount, an undersea volcano near California, may erupt this year. It poses no tsunami threat, with lava oozing ...

A volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of the year, according to scientists. The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is more than 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and 300 miles ...

New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake ...

A mysterious and highly active undersea volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of this year -- nearly a mile deep and about 700 miles northwest of San Francisco, California, the Los ...

A NASA-Smithsonian collaboration has revealed that carbon dioxide released from rising magma makes surrounding vegetation ...

Experts warn of a potential 1,000-foot-tall 'mega tsunami' threatening Alaska, Hawaii, and the US West Coast due to their ...

A Virginia Tech study warns that Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington face a significant risk of megatsunamis within 50 years.

Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction ...

A new study has identified three states in the US could be hit by an earthquake and mega-tsunami in a handful of years.